With the number of candidates running in AD-77, I need your support more than ever so I can continue to represent your interests within the California Democratic Party. I've been added to the Vote California Progressives slate in AD-77, as well as the AD-77 Working Families Unity slate.

AD-77 candidate remarks begin at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday the 8th, and voting runs from 3 to 5 p.m. You do not have to stay the entire time – you can vote and leave.Voting will end promptly at 5 p.m., so give yourself time to arrive, park and vote.

A Commitment to Environmental Integrity and Community

As president of San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action and one of your California Democratic Party AD-77 delegates, I'm a proven progressive committed to addressing environmental and related issues in San Diego County and around the state. With your help, I will continue to:

Promote increased transparency of state agencies tasked with carrying out environmental law, like the California Coastal Commission and Air Resources Board.

Advocate for solar panels to go on every roof, and become a basic requirement in California building codes.

Work to stop a sand mine from being built along the San Diego River in the El Monte Valley in Lakeside.

Advocate for smart growth – not reckless growth.

Advocate for preservation of the county's remaining open space so native plant and animal communities have breathing space – and wildlife corridors are preserved away from urban centers.

Advocate for employers to allow employees to work from home two or three days out of the week, in order cut back on automobile use and greenhouse gas emissions.

Advocate for development of a countywide regional wildfire protection system, with a focus on the entire fire risk equation – not wanton destruction of native plant communities in the backcountry.

Work to ensure fracking operators in California are required to go beyond EPA requirements and reveal the specific contents of fracking materials – and reveal the amount of fresh water they use in order to produce one barrel of oil from fracking. As a Pennsylvania native, I've seen what fracking has done to my home state – and we cannot allow the same thing to happen in California.

Advocate for an aggressive litter pickup effort in all of our communities – especially the city of San Diego. As a basic level of civic pride, litter and trash have no place along our streets and freeways or in our parks.